IC 304
IC 304
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 304 as it looked roughly 232 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 305Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1207Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 278Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1270Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1207Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 278Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 294Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1270Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).